All 50 Uses of
abnegate
in
Insurgent
- Instead of embracing him, she just touches his shoulders, like she remembers the Abnegation's distaste for casual physical contact.†
Chpt 1
- She is referring to the group of Abnegation who were with my father and Marcus in the safe house.†
Chpt 1
- Johanna takes us to the cafeteria, where we find some of the Abnegation who were in the safe house with Caleb and my father.†
Chpt 1
- One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, "Drink this.†
Chpt 1
- I was about to rattle off a few more holidays, but only the Abnegation celebrate them.†
Chpt 2
- It contains some yellow and red, from the Amity, and some gray, from the Abnegation, colors I rarely see side by side.†
Chpt 2
- If I had to guess, I would say that one of the Abnegation put the stack there for me.†
Chpt 2
- I pull on a pair of dark red pants made of denim—so long I have to roll them up three times—and a gray Abnegation shirt that is too big for me.†
Chpt 2
- I search her face for a sign of what she has lost—her father, an Abnegation leader, didn't survive the attack—but I see only the placid determination characteristic of my old faction.†
Chpt 2
- And she doesn't ask about my shoulder, how I was shot, what happened when I left the Abnegation safe house to stop the simulation.†
Chpt 2
- I get the sense that if I were to whittle her down to her core, she would be Abnegation all the way through.†
Chpt 2
- I wonder what the Abnegation leaders—including my father—were doing.†
Chpt 2
- The Abnegation, I mean?†
Chpt 2
- The Abnegation sit in tight rows a few yards to my left.†
Chpt 2
- Tobias touches the small of my back, guiding me to the edge of the meeting space, behind the Abnegation.†
Chpt 2
- But we have also had a strong relationship with Abnegation in the past, and we do not think it is right to revoke the hand of friendship when it has for so long been extended.†
Chpt 2
- Along time ago, the Abnegation were entrusted with some sensitive information," says Marcus.†
Chpt 3
- I thought Jeanine attacked the Abnegation to seize power, but she attacked them to steal information—information only they knew.†
Chpt 3
- I have to find out what could possibly be important enough for the Abnegation to die for—and the Erudite to kill for.†
Chpt 3
- I think there probably is some information the Abnegation knew that Jeanine wanted to know, but I think he's exaggerating its importance.†
Chpt 3
- When I found out that I was Divergent …. when I found out that Erudite would attack Abnegation …. those revelations changed everything.†
Chpt 3
- He's abandoned the useless spectacles he wore as a member of Erudite in favor of an Abnegation gray shirt and their trademark short haircut.†
Chpt 4
- "Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."†
Chpt 4
- Before he can go on, the cafeteria doors open, and a group of Abnegation come in.†
Chpt 4
- I am just about to flee the dining hall rather than participate in careful, polite Abnegation conversation when Tobias comes in, looking harassed.†
Chpt 4
- Tobias doesn't like the dubious looks the Abnegation give him when he refers to Marcus's cruelty, and Susan is sitting right across from him.†
Chpt 4
- The Abnegation sit at our table, but not right next to us—a respectful distance of two seats away, though most of them still nod at us.†
Chpt 4
- The other Abnegation and myself have discussed it and decided that we should not stay here.†
Chpt 4
- Is it really just an Abnegation decision, or does he intend to do something there—something that has to do with whatever information the Abnegation have?†
Chpt 4
- Is it really just an Abnegation decision, or does he intend to do something there—something that has to do with whatever information the Abnegation have?†
Chpt 4
- He gets up and sits at the other end of the table with the rest of the Abnegation.†
Chpt 4
- I heard you talking to Johanna about what motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.†
Chpt 5
- When I swat a few of them away, I realize that they are perched on top of a man, pecking at his clothes, which are Abnegation gray.†
Chpt 5
- I may not be an Abnegation-loving faction traitor.†
Chpt 6
- I'm sure if it had been Candor and not Abnegation that got attacked, you would have just let your family get shot between the eyes without protest.†
Chpt 6
- I strain toward him and try to ignore the stunned faces of the Amity and the Abnegation—and Tobias—around me, and the woman kneels next to Peter, whispering words in a soothing tone of voice.†
Chpt 6
- Not hushed, like the Abnegation speak, always treading holy ground and trying not to disturb.†
Chpt 6
- By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention.†
Chpt 7
- I scan the crowd of Abnegation.†
Chpt 7
- The Abnegation who are dressed in gray leave the dining hall in a pack and cross the courtyard to the guests' dormitory.†
Chpt 7
- And because the Abnegation don't take photographs, the only documentation I have of how they looked.†
Chpt 7
- The door is open, and through it I see Tobias stuffing Abnegation clothes into the trash bin.†
Chpt 7
- We join the crowd of Abnegation-turned-Amity.†
Chpt 7
- I am supposed to be braver than the Abnegation, but they don't seem as worried as I am.†
Chpt 7
- The woman touches one Abnegation child on the shoulder and whispers something to him, and a few seconds later a small group of children run down the hallway, dodging Amity feet and yelling, "I touched you!†
Chpt 7
- The rest of the Abnegation spread throughout the room, and Caleb and Peter are a few seats down from me.†
Chpt 7
- Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.†
Chpt 7
- "Your hair is pretty short for an Amity," she says…. he did not cut his hair like the Abnegation.†
Chpt 7
- All at once, the Abnegation rise from their places under tables and benches, and start toward the door.†
Chpt 7
- The Abnegation are dying again, dying like they were when I pretended to be under the simulation.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(abnegate) to renounce or rejectThe exact meaning of abnegate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "to abnegate his responsibilities as a father" -- to reject or ignore a duty
- "to practice self-abnegation" -- to deny oneself (voluntarily give something up such as a luxury)
- "to abnegate her faith" -- to reject a belief
- "to abnegate her legal rights" -- to give up a claim, title, or position of power